Clean Gloucester Day is on Saturday

If you don't enjoy seeing all the trash on the side of Gloucester roads as you're driving around, now is your opportunity to do something about it.

The 4th annual Clean Gloucester Day will be held Saturday and is open to individuals, groups, organizations and businesses.

The volunteers fan out across Gloucester and pick up trash along the side of the roads.

Four hundred volunteers came out on Saturday, March 9, 2013 for the third annual Clean Gloucester Day. Volunteers collected approximately 11.1 tons of trash including several bags of recyclable cans. In addition to the usual fast food container, aluminum cans, plastic bottles, and household trash, there were 30 tires, several wheel rims and wheel covers, at least one bicycle, wood pallets, assorted scrap lumber and metal, and numerous pieces of smaller auto parts (headlight housings, pieces of plastic trim, pieces of grilles and spoilers, etc.).

Both the number of volunteers and the amount of trash collected exceeded the 2012 Clean Gloucester Day totals. Last year 300 volunteers collect 8.6 tons of trash. The average amount of trash collected per volunteer was basically the same in 2012 and 2013. In 2012, volunteers collected an average of 57.3 pounds of trash and litter each. This year, volunteers collected an average of 55.5 pounds each.

The largest amount of trash was collected by a group from Morning Glory Baptist Church and BridgePoint Church working together on Davenport and Woods Cross Roads. That group collected 114 bags of trash and 6 tires.

- See more at: http://www.gloucesterva.info/CleanCommunity/tabid/652/www.gloucesterva.info/CleanCommunity/CleanGloucesterDay/tabid/1182/Default.aspx#sthash.t64LLU3S.dpuf

Four hundred volunteers came out on Saturday, March 9, 2013 for the third annual Clean Gloucester Day. Volunteers collected approximately 11.1 tons of trash including several bags of recyclable cans. In addition to the usual fast food container, aluminum cans, plastic bottles, and household trash, there were 30 tires, several wheel rims and wheel covers, at least one bicycle, wood pallets, assorted scrap lumber and metal, and numerous pieces of smaller auto parts (headlight housings, pieces of plastic trim, pieces of grilles and spoilers, etc.).

Both the number of volunteers and the amount of trash collected exceeded the 2012 Clean Gloucester Day totals. Last year 300 volunteers collect 8.6 tons of trash. The average amount of trash collected per volunteer was basically the same in 2012 and 2013. In 2012, volunteers collected an average of 57.3 pounds of trash and litter each. This year, volunteers collected an average of 55.5 pounds each.

The largest amount of trash was collected by a group from Morning Glory Baptist Church and BridgePoint Church working together on Davenport and Woods Cross Roads. That group collected 114 bags of trash and 6 tires.

- See more at: http://www.gloucesterva.info/CleanCommunity/tabid/652/www.gloucesterva.info/CleanCommunity/CleanGloucesterDay/tabid/1182/Default.aspx#sthash.t64LLU3S.dpuf

Last year, 400 volunteers collected 11 tons of trash, including 30 tires, a bicycle and assorted other items such as wood pallets and scrap lumber. Each volunteer picked up an average of 55.3 lbs. of trash.

For information contact the Clean Community Office at 804-693-5730, or wbell@gloucesterva.info. To sign up online, go here: http://www.gloucesterva.info/clean

Four hundred volunteers came out on Saturday, March 9, 2013 for the third annual Clean Gloucester Day. Volunteers collected approximately 11.1 tons of trash including several bags of recyclable cans. In addition to the usual fast food container, aluminum cans, plastic bottles, and household trash, there were 30 tires, several wheel rims and wheel covers, at least one bicycle, wood pallets, assorted scrap lumber and metal, and numerous pieces of smaller auto parts (headlight housings, pieces of plastic trim, pieces of grilles and spoilers, etc.).

Both the number of volunteers and the amount of trash collected exceeded the 2012 Clean Gloucester Day totals. Last year 300 volunteers collect 8.6 tons of trash. The average amount of trash collected per volunteer was basically the same in 2012 and 2013. In 2012, volunteers collected an average of 57.3 pounds of trash and litter each. This year, volunteers collected an average of 55.5 pounds each.

The largest amount of trash was collected by a group from Morning Glory Baptist Church and BridgePoint Church working together on Davenport and Woods Cross Roads. That group collected 114 bags of trash and 6 tires.